Harris said the plan is designed to increase accessibility to electric vehicles, and the charging stations required for the vehicles across the country.
Harris outlined the plan while visiting a maintenance facility in Maryland with an electric vehicle charging station, emphasizing the importance of increasing access to electric cars across the country, at every level of the economic landscape.
The $2 trillion Build Back Better bill of spending across various social and environmental programs currently in theincludes incentives for the building and sale of electric vehicles, including a $7,500 tax credit to help lower the cost of the vehicles. By 2030, Biden has said he wants half of new vehicle sales to be electric, which would be a massive increase from the estimated 2.6 percent this year.
Vice President Kamala Harris charges an electric vehicle in one of the charging stations during her tour of the Brandywine Maintenance Facility in Prince George's County, Maryland. Harris made the appearance to highlight the electric vehicle investments in the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Build Back Better Act Monday."The future of transportation in our nation and around the world is electric," Harris said at an EV charging facility in suburban Maryland.